Microsoft BizTalk gets surprise reprieve, new road map
Sep. 08, 2008
Microsoft Friday reversed course on the fate of BizTalk Server, renaming the next version and setting a roadmap that calls for a major releases of the middleware every two years.
Tango steps up close to Microsoft Ofice Communications Server
Sep. 08, 2008
Tango Networks announced last week that its Abrazo fixed-mobile convergence product is now interoperable with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Abrazo is designed to connect any mobile phone, through any ...
Microsoft reduces Office price to combat Kenyan piracy
Aug. 29, 2008
Microsoft East Africa announced a 40 percent reduction in cost of its home and student office suite amid complaints of rampant software piracy in the Kenya.
Microsoft opens up Photosynth
Aug. 21, 2008
Microsoft has made its Photosynth technology easier to use and opened it up for anyone to create their own images, the company planned to announce Thursday.
Microsoft Research Asia hosts Gates at 10 year bash
Aug. 13, 2008
Bill Gates showed he means to keep up with Microsoft's research efforts despite retiring from his day-to-day role earlier this summer by attending a ceremony in Hong Kong Tuesday night to celebrate the tenth anniversary ...
Seinfeld and Microsoft: more proof that IT is crazy
Aug. 22, 2008
Gibbs discusses how crazy the IT world is and highlights Microsoft marketing and its use of Seinfeld as evidence that it is completely insane.
Tiger Woods walks on water in new EA Sports ad
Aug. 22, 2008
In a new viral advertisement from Electronic Arts, golf pro and apparent savior of mankind Tiger Woods walks on water.
'Eternal Sunshine' director behind Microsoft Seinfeld ad?
Aug. 22, 2008
Michel Gondry, the innovative director of films, music videos and numerous TV commercials, is directing at least one of the TV spots starring Jerry Seinfeld touting Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, according ...
Microsoft admits posting flawed update
Aug. 22, 2008
Microsoft re-released one of its Aug. 11 security updates yesterday, explaining that it had posted an incomplete version to its own download center last week.
Two years on, Microsoft and Novell extend partnership
Aug. 20, 2008
Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase a further $100 million in coupons for SUSE Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their ...
Parents let 16-year-old drop out to play Guitar Hero
Aug. 19, 2008
North Carolina resident Blake Peebles is dropping out of high school to concentrate on playing Guitar Hero full-time, and he's doing so with the full support of his parents.
Separating hypervisor fact from fiction
Aug. 18, 2008
Dave Malcolm from Surgient discusses how the enterprise can live in a multivendor hypervisor world.
No fake fireworks or lip-synching in this episode
Aug. 15, 2008
Keith and guest co-host Jonathan Summey talk about Olympic shenanigans, the MIT hackers who just want a free subway ride, and the pros and cons of being invisible.
AT&T snags Boeing VoIP contract; Microsoft may alter licensing for virtual machines
Aug. 14, 2008
Boeing is paying AT&T $400 million over the next five years to consolidate its current voice and data networks into one IP-based system; Virtualization industry observers expect Microsoft to eliminate a licensing ...
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo sued for sex selection ads in India
Aug. 14, 2008
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo were issued notices by India's Supreme Court on Wednesday, following a complaint that they were promoting techniques and products for the selection of an unborn child's sex through ...
Patch Tuesday; VMware bug bombs virtual servers
Aug. 13, 2008
Microsoft Tuesday issued six critical patches, one less than expected, covering Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player; Many VMware customers Tuesday were prevented from logging onto their virtual ...
MSN taking the brunt of Google's U.S. search blitz
Aug. 13, 2008
Google continued to grab U.S. Internet search market share at a record pace in July, with Microsoft's MSN search engine the biggest loser over the past year and a half, according to data from Hitwise.
Busting 5 myths of NAC
Aug. 11, 2008
Stacey Lum of InfoExpress discusses the myths and realities of NAC.
Microsoft's Zermatt aims to ease development of claims-based identity apps
Aug. 11, 2008
Last week's issue on so-called user-centric identity technologies in the enterprise ("Where do OpenID and InfoCards fit?") reminded me that there was a Microsoft announcement in early July that I should have written ...
Russian hacker gang steals with impunity, says researcher
Aug. 09, 2008
The Russian hacker gang using a Microsoft administration tool to steal passwords has cashed in big time for years, the researcher who has tracked the group's crimes said Thursday.
Microsoft to tell vendors about vulnerabilities sooner
Aug. 08, 2008
Microsoft is retooling its software vulnerability-notification program so that it will provide details and code fixes to selected commercial vendors of security and protection software that join its Microsoft Active ...
Ballmer seeks to justify online services push
Jul. 24, 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sought to justify to financial analysts the losses from the company's online services group and to defend plans for increasing investment in the group.
Microsoft to give vendors an early peek at patches
Aug. 05, 2008
Microsoft plans to give security vendors a head start in what has become a monthly race against the hackers.
Ballmer: Microsoft ready to claim title as top enterprise software vendor
Jul. 24, 2008
Microsoft is very close to being able to claim it is the No. 1 enterprise software company in the world, says CEO Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft cracks down on certification exam cheating
Jul. 09, 2008
Microsoft is tackling certification exam cheating in a big way, with harsher penalties and a data forensics program that can find cheaters through statistical analysis of their exams.
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